It showed a group of heavily armed Sandinista guerrillas huddled in the jungles of Nicaragua with big grins on their faces.

Sandinista

noun(in Nicaragua)

one of a left-wing group of revolutionaries who overthrew President Somoza in 1979 and formed a socialist coalition government. The Sandinistas were opposed militarily by the US-backed Contras during the 1980s and were defeated in a general election in 1990

(as modifier)the Sandinista revolution

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Word Origin

C20: from Spanish, named after Augusto César Sandino a Nicaraguan general and rebel leader, murdered in 1933

Word Origin and History for sandinista

Sandinista

n.

member of a Nicaraguan revolutionary group, 1928, from Spanish, from name of Augusto César Sandino (1893-1934), Nicaraguan nationalist leader; the modern organization of this name was founded in 1963. Related: Sandanistas.